MOVIE REVIEW- Quirky hero: Downey shines again in <i>Iron Man</i>

By ROGER EBERT |
Published online 8:00am Thursday May 13th, 2010
and in print issue #0919 dated Thursday May 13th, 2010

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Iron Man 2 is a polished, high-octane sequel, not as good as the original but building once again on a quirky performance by Robert Downey Jr. The superhero genre doesn't necessarily require good acting, but when it's there (as in Iron Man and The Dark Knight), that takes it up a level. Downey here gives us a Tony Stark who is cockier and more egotistical than ever. Or, and here's the key, he seems to be.